BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Harley-Davidson Fxstsse: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Fxstsse years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.3% average, from 795 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 90.7%
2008
lowest-passing year · 88.2%
2.5pp
spread across 3 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2009 (90.7% of 301 tests). Lowest: 2008 (88.2% of 203). Years more than two points below the model average: 2008.

87%89%92%2007: 90.7% pass (257 tests)2008: 88.2% pass (203 tests)2009: 90.7% pass (301 tests)200720082009
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (90.3%)
2007 257 90.7% +0.4 pp
2008 203 88.2% -2.1 pp
2009 301 90.7% +0.4 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2010–2025
76%88%100%2010: 93.3% pass (30 tests)2011: 80.4% pass (51 tests)2012: 87.7% pass (73 tests)2013: 90.0% pass (60 tests)2014: 88.1% pass (67 tests)2015: 93.5% pass (62 tests)2016: 93.1% pass (58 tests)2017: 93.4% pass (61 tests)2018: 94.4% pass (54 tests)2019: 88.6% pass (44 tests)2020: 94.7% pass (38 tests)2021: 93.2% pass (44 tests)2022: 90.5% pass (42 tests)2023: 81.8% pass (44 tests)2024: 100.0% pass (31 tests)2025: 85.3% pass (34 tests)20102025

Questions

Which Fxstsse years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Fxstsse overall (90.3%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 88.2% from 203 tests.
Which Fxstsse year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 90.7% of 301 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Fxstsse pass rate vary by year?
2.5 percentage points between the highest (2009, 90.7%) and lowest (2008, 88.2%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

Full report: Harley-Davidson Fxstsse reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #854 of 5428 models· other Harley-Davidson models: XLH 883, Flstf, Flstc, XL, XL1200C, XL883